Plans are afoot to run electric buses from various district headquarters to the State capital Hyderabad on a pilot basis soon, said Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) Managing Director V C Sajjanar.
Discussions were held with the manufacturers of the electric vehicles to implement the pilot project, he said, adding that electric vehicles would be operated from Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda and Mahabubnagar, among other towns, to Hyderabad.
Mr Sajjanar was speaking to reporters in Vemulawada after offering special prayers at the historic Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy temple in the famous temple town on Thursday.